Recorded by Jim Lowe
Written by Fred Hertz and Charles Grean
C F C
I took my granny to a hootenanny
G7 C Am
Now her silver hair is hanging down down down
C F G7
At the age of 93 she can sing in any key
C G7 C
She’s my hootenanny granny with a banjo on her knee
When the hootenanny came to town
F C
I took my gray haired granny down
G7
Much to my surprise she dug the scene
C F
She traded in her walking stick for a banjo and a pick
G7 C
And improvised six choruses of Good Night Irene
Repeat #1
She picked the Cotton Fields in G
F C
And then she rocked the Lemon Tree
G7
She sang the Foggy Dew from night till dawn
C
The Kingston Trio is the rage
F
But add it up they’re not her age
G7 C
She’s the one who knows where all the flowers have gone
She helped Michael row the boat to shore
F C
And when they hollered out for more
G7
She sang a verse from Blowing in the Wind
C
She helped John Henry lay some tracks
F
Walked along with Reverend Black
G7 C
While the crowd was walking out she sang Walk Right In
F C
I took my granny to a hootenanny
G7 C Am
Now her silver hair is hanging down down down
C F G7
At the age of 93 now it’s Peter Paul and she
C G7 C F C
She’s my hootenanny granny with a banjo on her knee
Mar 26, 2018
Mar 26, 2018 at 12:10 AM UTC
Recorded by Jim Lowe
Written by Fred Hertz and Charles Grean
C F C
I took my granny to a hootenanny
G7 C Am
Now her silver hair is hanging down down down
C F G7
At the age of 93 she can sing in any key
C G7 C
She’s my hootenanny granny with a banjo on her knee
When the hootenanny came to town
F C
I took my gray haired granny down
G7
Much to my surprise she dug the scene
C F
She traded in her walking stick for a banjo and a pick
G7 C
And improvised six choruses of Good Night Irene
Repeat #1
She picked the Cotton Fields in G
F C
And then she rocked the Lemon Tree
G7
She sang the Foggy Dew from night till dawn
C
The Kingston Trio is the rage
F
But add it up they’re not her age
G7 C
She’s the one who knows where all the flowers have gone
She helped Michael row the boat to shore
F C
And when they hollered out for more
G7
She sang a verse from Blowing in the Wind
C
She helped John Henry lay some tracks
F
Walked along with Reverend Black
G7 C
While the crowd was walking out she sang Walk Right In
F C
I took my granny to a hootenanny
G7 C Am
Now her silver hair is hanging down down down
C F G7
At the age of 93 now it’s Peter Paul and she
C G7 C F C
She’s my hootenanny granny with a banjo on her knee
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